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An independent publisher of radical, left‐wing non­‐fiction books. Established in 1969, we are one of the oldest radical publishing houses in the UK, but our focus remains making timely interventions in contemporary struggles.

When Amazon arrived in Poland, attracted by cheap labour costs and strict union laws, little did it know that the high-pressure working conditions it institutes would produce wildcat strikes and cross-border solidarities amongst its workforce.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s electoral victory returned him to the presidency, a disappointment for all those alarmed by his authoritarianism and rejection of democratic principles. But why does democracy continue to elude Turkey?

France is a bellwether for postcolonial anxieties and populist politics. Football is the stage wherein these anxieties and politics often play out. How are the social and cultural contours of the nation represented during the 2018 World Cup?

Going beyond the familiar names of Rosa Luxemburg or Clara Zetkin and onto the factory floors and the streets, we examine the significant role of women in the fight for a radical popular democracy during the 1918-1919 German Revolution.

Pluto is launching a new series on Social Reproduction Theory with Tithi Bhattacharya and Susan Ferguson as series editors. In this blog, they explain the urgent need for such a series in our current political moment.

Karl Marx said that all human society was built on labour – the physical and mental work through which we transform the world around us. For generations, Marxists have seen struggles over work as central to any kind of revolutionary movement:...